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Welcome to Riverbank, april - june 2013 Hello and welcome to a bright new season at Riverbank Arts Centre, So far, 2013 is shaping up to be a good year! You, our audience, have been visiting us in great numbers, contributing to the lively buzz and energy throughout the Centre. We were also delighted to have been nominated for an IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Award, and a big thank you to everyone who voted for us. Theatre Lovett, our artists in residence this year, continue to enthrall and engage local children in the world of performance. They are about to embark on a US tour & we look forward to hearing news of their adventures when they return. This season at Riverbank we bring you host of quality shows for all to enjoy. Our theatre programme is packed with acclaimed and outstanding pieces throughout April to June. Just some of the highlights include two superb shows from Hot for Theatre- Eternal Rising of the Sun in April, and I ♥ Alice ♥ I in June – see both of you can; the award winning one man show Tom Crean- Antarctic Explorer, Mikkel Murfi’s Man in the Woman’s Shoes and more. Duke Special, Lumiere, Niall Toner amongst others keep the music going while Andrew Maxwell, Aidan Bishop and Three Men Talking bring laughter and our Monday night cinema programme offers the best of Irish, world and cultural film. Finally, for the children, families and young at heart amongst us, don’t miss your chance to see some great shows with Barnstorm Theatre’s The Bockety World of Henry and Bucket and Branar’s Croi or check out some of the creative work happening in our Children’s Gallery with exciting exhibitions from Create School and composer Jonathan Nangle- fun times ahead. Plus, if you feel like trying something new this season, please do introduce yourself to TOOT! We look forward to seeing you soon, From all the team at Riverbank
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ApRIl
EvENTs AT A GlANcE
MAy
4
Page
2nd-5th
Create School Presents Digi-Tales workshop
10am-3pm
175 (10-15yrs)
7
6th
CaToCa Fine Foods Present Cupcake Fun
12pm – 2pm
115 (5-9yrs)
7
6th
The Met present in HD: Live Transmission Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai)
4pm
124/Student 112 /Family 160
8
11th
Lumiere
8pm
115/112
9
13th
Colm O’Regan presents Ireland’s Got Mammies
8pm
114/112
9
18th
Riverbank Special Screening: Mea Maxima Culpa
8pm
18
10
20th
Barnstorm Theatre Company presents The Bockety World of Henry and Bucket
2pm & 4pm
16 (4-7 yrs) Family of 4 120
11
25th
Hot for Theatre Presents Eternal Rising of the Sun
8pm
115/112
12
26th
Highly Strung
8pm
112
12
27th
Oliver Reed: Wild Thing
8pm
118/116
13
1st-4th
Newbridge Drama Presents When we are married
8pm
112/110
13
6th
Wonderland Workshop at the Curragh Racecourse
3pm
Free
14
115/112
14
10th
The Man In The Woman’s Shoes
8pm
11th – June 5th
The Glass Garden An exhibition by Brian Cregan
See Gallery Times Free
21st
The Glass Garden Workshop With Brian Cregan
11th – June 8th
Digi Tales: An exhibition by Create School
11th
The New Triangle
8pm
115/112
16
12th
The Bolshoi Live in HD: Live Transmission Romeo & Juliet
4pm
120/ Students 110/Family 150
17
16th
Riverbank Special Screening: Pilgrim Hill
8pm
18
18
17th
Aidan Bishop How you Doin
8pm
112/110
18
18th
The WriTeen Scene Workshop Do you want to be a writer?
10am – 1pm
115
19
19th
The Met Presents in HD: Live Transmission Giulio Cesare (Handel) New Production
5pm
124/ Student 112 19 Family 160
22nd
Bealtaine Film Tour 2013
TBC
Free
20
24th
Branar Presents Croí á Muscailt - Awakening a Heart
See listing pg 21
16 Family of 4 120
21
25th
Branar Presents Croi a Muscailt Show & Family Puppet workshop
12.15 - 1.30pm & 3 - 4.15pm
110 show & workshop
21
29th
Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer
8pm
118/116
22
31st
Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About
8pm
112 (15+ yrs)
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JUNE
Page
1st
Niall Toner Presents Songs of Love, Death, Tragedy, Humour and Tributes to the Masters.
8pm
115
23
7th - 9th
Stage Academy Newbridge present There’s No Business Like Show Business
7.30 pm Fri & Sat 2pm & 7pm Sun
110/15
24
13th & 14th
Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne present Death Of The Tradesmen
8pm
115/112
25
15th
Make-a-Microphone workshop with Jonathan Nangle
11am-12.30pm
115
26
June 22nd – July 27th
Song Sculptures An Exhibition by Jonathan Nangle
See Gallery Times Free Admission
26
15th
Chris Kavanagh and The Patriots present Legend of Luke Kelly
8pm
118
27
22nd
Andrew Maxwell
8pm
120
28
24th
Fishamble: The New Play Company presents Guaranteed!
8pm
110
29
25th
Hot for Theatre presents I ♥ Alice ♥ I
8pm
118/116
29
27th
Riverbank Arts Centre & Curragh Racecourse present An audience with Tracy Piggott
8pm
115
30
28th
Duke Special
8pm
120
30
23rd
Crooked Theatre This is Who We Are Launch
8pm
15
31
29th
Crooked Theatre presents This is Who We Are
7pm
Free Admission
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April 8th
The Sessions
8pm
16
8
April 15th
Midnight’s Children
8pm
16
10
cINEMA
April 18th
Riverbank Special Screening: Mea Maxima Culpa
8pm
18
10
April 22nd
No
8pm
16
11
May 13th
Broken
8pm
16
17
8pm
18
18
May 16th
Riverbank Special Screening: Pilgrim Hill
May 20th
8pm
16
20
May 22nd
Bealtaine Film Tour 2013
I Wish
TBC
Free
20
May 27th
Lore
8pm
16
22
June 10th
The Place Beyond the Pines
8pm
16
24
June 17th
Good Vibrations
8pm
16
27
June 22nd
Riverbank Family Cinema: Wall E
2pm
13
28
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The Theatre Lovett residency at Riverbank Arts Centre continues this spring with some exciting opportunities for their fine theatre practices to reach outside the building. This March, Theatre Lovett joins groups from Kildare Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland to share with them some of the tricks of the theatre trade. Then it’s all aboard the bus as Theatre Lovett join the Kildare County Council Mobile Library for some surprise visits to Kildare schools and youth groups in later in the season. There might even be some top secret rehearsals underway in the Riverbank Theatre in preparation for the next Theatre Lovett production. All of this is to happen before the Theatre Lovett team fly off on their transatlantic tour to the USA with the highly acclaimed production, The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly, supported by Culture Ireland. They promise to send some news of their adventure which sees them visiting theatres along the east coast of America concluding on New York’s 42nd Street. Look out for the postcard.
TRy OUT OUR ThEATRE TOOT is our new mascot. He wants you to ‘Try Out Our Theatre (TOOT).
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If you have never been to the theatre, or always thought you’d like to go to see something different why not take advantage of this new offer. TOOT is offering you a chance to get a theatre ticket for free. Look for events in the brochure with a picture of TOOT, select the show & call the box office on 045 448327 to book your ticket. Then simply ‘CUT OUT’ the coupon and redeem it against your theatre ticket. Please note that there are only a limited number of free tickets for each event and you can only try out this scheme once. ‘Try out our Theatre’ and meet TOOT while you are here! TOOT: Try Out Our Theatre. Cut this coupon out and redeem it against a theatre ticket for one of the selected shows. Tickets are limited so book soon.
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TUEsDAy, ApRIl 2ND - FRIDAy, ApRIl 5Th
cREATEschOOl pREsENTs
DIGI-TAlEs
Time 10Am-3pm (10-15 yrs) price €75 Does your local area have a hidden history just waiting to be revealed? Maybe you have a grandparent or neighbour with an interesting tale to tell? Covering a broad range of multimedia techniques, this season’s CreateSchool will focus on the art of digital storytelling in all its varied forms. Our technology experts will show you how to use mobile devices such as iPads, digital cameras and audio recorders to capture stories from everyday life and share them with the world. Whether you dream of being a roving reporter, screenwriter, broadcaster, camera-operator, director or editor, this is your chance to learn the skills that will help your digital project stand out from the crowd. Following the four-day course, participants will return to Riverbank on Saturday 20th April to make final preparations for a special showcase exhibition, which will be on display in the Children’s Gallery during May as part of the 2013 Bealtaine festival. (Further details can be found on page 16). All students will also receive a copy of all digital media produced during the course.
sATURDAy, ApRIl 6Th
cATOcA FINE FOODs pREsENT
cUpcAKE FUN
DEcORATING WORKshOp FOR KIDs Time price
12pm – 2pm 115 (Age 5-9yrs)
CupCake decorating workshops are great fun for children of any age and for both boys & girls. Come and join us to learn something new and have great fun. We provide all the decorating materials required including buttercream, various colors of sugar paste, edible glitter and sprinkles. Each child receives 4 large Cupcakes and gets help to assemble them. The kids will learn how to pipe swirls onto their Cupcakes, how to make sugar paste decorations using rolling pins, cutters and modeling tools and how to use glitter & sprinkles for their finished masterpieces.
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sATURDAy, 6Th ApRIl ThE METROpOlITAN OpERA pREsENT IN hD (lIvE TRANsMIssION)
FRANcEscA DA RIMINI (ZANDONAI)
Time 4pm / 3 hrs 57 mins (inc 3 inTervAls) price €24/ sTudenT €12/ FAmily €60 Zandonai’s compelling and melodic opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts. Sung in Italian with English subtitles
‘Try out our Theatre’, bring in a coupon and receive a free ticket to see this performance (limited number of tickets) See page 6 for details
cinema
MONDAy, ApRIl 8Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
ThE sEssIONs Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Ben Lewin / 2012 / USA / 94 mins / Cert: 16 / Language: English Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy Language: English At the age of 38, Mark O’Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true story, The Surrogate, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood.
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€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
Nominated – Helen Hunt, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards 2013
ThURsDAy, ApRIl 11Th
lUMIERE My DEAREsT DEAR Time 8pm price €15/€12 Lumiere’s debut album brought together two distinct voices cut from the same geographic cloth. One is Éilís Kennedy, whose sound has ready access to the soul without need for scaffolding or spotlights. The other half of the musical whole is Pauline Scanlon, an award-winning singer from the same Kerry town of Dingle. Since their debut launch, the duo have toured their distinctive sound from the cosy snugs of their native Dingle to international concert halls, and a worldwide audience has connected with their offering of real music by real singers communicating real emotions. As a duo, Lumiere takes something that is sacred and age old and re-imagines it simply and beautifully, reclaiming beauty, truth and trust, for the modern age. ‘familiar folk with a new twist’ Irish Music Magazine
sATURDAy, ApRIl 13Th cOlM O’REGAN pREsENTs
IRElAND’s GOT MAMMIEs Time 8pm price €14/€12 “Deadpan with Hilarious consequences” - Irish Times “Funny, Resourceful informative! - Four stars” - The List
“Well, when I saw he was doing a show I got a land. And him with a degree and everything.” - Irish Mammies
Hailing from the small Co. Cork village of Dripsey, Colm O’Regan has been making a name for himself in comedy over the last while. His mammy has seen him on The Late Late Show, BBC and RTE! He created the Twitter sensation @irishmammies and introduced the world to the gentle wisdom of Irish Mammies everywhere. In just six months he (or she, actually he’s not really sure any more) gained nearly 40000 followers including famous authors like Marian Keyes and Hollyood star Minnie Driver. And now he’s made a complete SHOW of Mammy. Do you have a son working in something to do with computers’?, ‘Had you to ask the young one in the shop to put the credit on the phone’? Did you ‘have the pavlova’? Colm O’Regan, brings the world of the Irish Mammy to life in a unique and dotey way. Warning - this show may be best accompanied with tea and a bun.
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cinema
MONDAy, ApRIl 15Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
MIDNIGhT’s chIlDREN
Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Deepa Mehta / 2012 / India/UK / 146 mins / Cert: 12A Starring: Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi Language: English, Hindi
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta and based on Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Midnight’s Children is a generation-spanning fable that combines historical fiction with dark fantasy. Mehta’s most ambitious project yet, the film captures the epic scope of Rushdie’s work, serving as both a tribute to and a critique of Mehta’s native India. The story centres on Saleem Sinai, born at the stroke of midnight on the eve of India’s independence from Britain. As a child, Saleem discovers he has the power to communicate with the hundreds of children around the nation born that night, and that each of them possesses a magical power. This look at the history of India and Pakistan as illustrated through the journey of Saleem Sinai is an unquestionably engrossing tale and a visual treat.
ThURsDAy, ApRIl 18Th RIvERBANK cINEMA spEcIAl scREENING
Time price
MEA MAxIMA cUlpA sIlENcE IN ThE hOUsE OF GOD ****
cinema
8pm €8
Dir: Alex Gibney / 2012 / USA / 108 mins / Cert: 15A Language: English From Oscar® winner Alex Gibney comes this searing documentary about the response to sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church. Starting with a string of allegations at a Milwaukee school for deaf boys in the late 70s and early 80s, the film charts a decadeslong, systematic cover-up that reaches all the way to Vatican. Mea Maxima Culpa provides an impassioned and detailed look at one of contemporary society’s enduring controversies. - Chicago Film Festival 2012 Winner Best Documentary, IFTAs 2013 €3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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SPECIAL SCREENING
For Kids
sATURDAy. ApRIl 20Th BARNsTORM ThEATRE cOMpANy pREsENTs
ThE BOcKETy WORlD OF hENRy AND BUcKET By sARAh ARGENT Time price
2pm & 4pm €6 FAmily oF Four €20 (4-7 yrs)
The Bockety World of Henry and Bucket explores friendship through a day in the life of two friends who live in a bockety world of discarded objects. With the rich imagination of children at play, they invent their world from the junk around them. Henry and Bucket are best pals, although sometimes you wouldn’t think so! Like all good friends they have their ups and downs, their battles and reconciliations, their shared adventures and at times their need for their own space. But as long as these two friends are together, transforming their rusty, dusty, battered and bockety world into a place of wonder, their adventures can take them anywhere! ‘The play is poetic, humorous and rich in narrative; an intriguing, thought-provoking exploration of friendship for young children’
MONDAy, ApRIl 22ND RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
NO Time price
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Pablo Larrain / 2012 / Chile / 117 mins / Cert: 15A Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Nestor Cantillana, Jaime Vadell and Pascal Montero Language: Spanish Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a brilliant Chilean ad man who helped topple the Pinochet regime in this fact-based drama. Chilean director Pablo Larrain delves deep into the behind-the-scenes machinations of political marketing in No, a dense chronicle of the 1988 plebiscite that led to Chile’s first democratically elected government in 17 years. Anchored by an admirably measured performance from Gael Garcia Bernal as the maverick advertising ace who spearheaded the winning campaign, the quietly impassioned movie is a fascinating case study in basic-level democracy. Nominated – Best Foreign Language Film, 2013 Academy Awards
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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ThURsDAy, ApRIl 25Th hOT FOR ThEATRE pREsENTs
ETERNAl RIsING OF ThE sUN
WRITTEN AND pERFORMED By AMy cONROy Time price
8pm €15/€12
Meet Gina Devine. She’s hopeless… a hopeless dreamer: fame, fortune, and water fights with Michael Jackson – a chance to flee her formidable past. She wants to soar… to fly… to dance. But Gina is hopeless, as everyone knows. This is the compelling journey of Gina’s transformation: a poignant account of redemption and release. On the heels of multiple awards and the international success of I ♥ Alice ♥ I, HotForTheatre brings you an inspiring story of salvation and deliverance. Nothing is impossible… well maybe the moonwalk, but Gina’s gotta dance. “One of the most powerful and lingering performances...” THE IRISH TIMES
FRIDAy, ApRIl 26Th
hIGhly sTRUNG Time price
8pm €12
As spring breezes herald brighter days, Highly Strung’s quirky blend of acoustic sounds is a breath of fresh air. Performing everything from Caccini to Coldplay, this local quartet delivers zingy interpretations of classics with a signature twist. Highly Strung has featured at garden parties in Aras an Uachtaran as well as being hardy annuals at the Summer Concert Series at both Fota House, Cobh and Castletown House, Celbridge. Highly Strung comprises Angela O’Toole, soprano; Lisa Lazenby, violin; Jeanette Behan, flute and Mary Keenan, harp. So, put a spring in your step with Highly Strung and enjoy an evening of hope, light and (whisper it) the promise of warmer days to come. A treat not to be missed!
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sATURDAy, ApRIl 27Th
OlIvER REED: WIlD ThING
A NEW plAy By MIKE DAvIs AND ROB cROUch
Time price
8pm €18/€16
“Rob Crouch, who stars as Reed, is ... magnificent, not only nailing his look and mannerisms, but crucially capturing the qualities that made Reed so fascinating. It’s a performance that Oliver Reed would’ve been proud to give.” The Bristol Post In this blistering one-man show we invite you to join legendary hellraiser Oliver Reed as he knocks back a few drinks and shares his incredible life story. From the boyhood excitement of learning he was a descendent of Peter the Great, through the success of Oliver!, boozy adventures with Keith Moon and disastrous chat show appearances - this was a life well lived. But though Ollie may appear an unstoppable force of nature, this is Malta in 1999, and time is fast running out for the ‘Wild Thing’. Rob Crouch brings Reed back to vivid life in this swaggering, brilliant evening of entertainment.
WEDNEsDAy, MAy 1sT - sATURDAy, MAy 4Th NEWBRIDGE DRAMA pREsENTs
WhEN WE ARE MARRIED
A yORKshIRE FARcIcAl cOMEDy, By J.B. pRIEsTlEy Time price
8pm
€12/€10 The action takes place in the sitting-room of Alderman Joseph Hallowell’s house in Clecklewyke, a town in the West Riding, on an evening in September 1910. Three couples celebrate their silver wedding anniversary with a small get-together to reminisce on their joint wedding, twenty five years previously. In the course of the celebrations an unpalatable fact is revealed which throws the proceedings into a tail spin and sets off a chain of events which seems to be spiraling out of control. Otherwise peaceful relationships become frayed and uncertain. Obtrusive outsiders become involved and mayhem ensues. Who among the myriad characters can resolve all issues and restore order before irreconcilable differences emerge?
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MONDAy, MAy 6Th RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE & cURRAGh RAcE cOURsE pREsENT
WONDERlAND WORKshOp As pART OF NEWBRIDGE pARIshs & cOMMUNITy RAcE DAy Time 3pm price Free (pleAse noTe There is An enTry chArge inTo The currAgh For AdulTs). Riverbank Arts Centre and Curragh Race Course team up to bring the ‘theatre’ to the racecourse as part of Newbridge Parish & Community Race Day. Racing starts at 2.15. Register on the day at the races with Wonderland, to participate in a wonderful wonderland workshop for 90 mins, while you enjoy the racing; they will ‘clown around’ as part of wonderland workshops. Places are limited. Please note, race course entry fee applies to adults.
FRIDAy, MAy 10Th BEAlTAINE FEsTIvAl & RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE pREsENTs
ThE MAN IN ThE WOMAN’s shOEs Time price
8pm 115/112
October 1978. Pope John Paul the First is not long dead, autumn is closing in and Pat Farnon has ‘some business’ to do in town. The Man in The Woman’s Shoes follows Pat Farnon as he walks the 5 miles from his wee white cottage to town and back again and the marvels that he meets along the way. “Today is beginning to feel very special and I’ve no idea why”. It’s a charming encounter - an ageing man still with a boundless enthusiasm for life. Hilariously funny, tender and at times downright daft, The Man in The woman’s Shoes, will leave you uplifted and in love with life again. “I think none of us is old, me heart has never been old ...” The show was written by and stars Mikel Murfi. The Man In The Woman’s Shoes was developed with Sligo County Council Arts Service and Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo as part of Bealtaine 2012. ‘Try out our Theatre’, bring in a coupon and receive a free ticket to see this performance (limited number of tickets) See page 6 for details
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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME sATURDAy, MAy 11Th - WEDNEsDAy, JUNE UNE 5Th
ThE GlAss GARDEN ExhIBITION By BRIAN cREGAN Time mckennA gAllery 10Am - 5.30pm mon - Fri, 10Am - 1pm sAT price Free Admission Brian Cregan is the 2012 Kildare County Council Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Bursary Award recipient which has enabled him to create this exhibition ‘The Glass Garden’.The Glass Garden is a photography-based exhibition that takes the cordyline tree: Cordyline australis as its inspiration to explore our relationship to the collecting, classifying and recording of botanical specimens. The tree was a common site in many of our suburban gardens until the hard winters of 2010-11 when many of them died or were damaged, with their remains left standing, adding a monumental and memorial atmosphere in the garden. The work takes the tree as an open metaphor for issues concerning ecology, economics, globalisation and the colonialism. It also reflects on the relationship between nature and the earliest photographic experiments in the early 19th century.
ONGOING
TUEsDAy, MAy 21sT
GET INvOlvED IN ThE ExhIBITION
ThE GlAss GARDEN
By BRIAN cREGAN
Time ongoing price free The project is a collaborative one and people are invited to take part and share their own thoughts and photographs about the trees through social networking or more traditional means of dialogue. For more details on how you can get involved: See www.riverbank.ie/visualarts for more information
ThE GlAss GARDEN WORKshOp
WITh BRIAN cREGAN Time conTAcT box oFFice For Times And booking 045 448327 price free Taking inspiration from the natural world and early photographic processes a number of workshops will take place that involve participants bringing their own plant specimens to create artworks. Each session will begin with a gallery talk about the exhibition followed by a practical session where a series of images will be created using a cameraless process called a photogram. This method is a fun and educational tool to learn about photography without the need for a darkroom or chemicals. As we move into the digital age the workshop offers those involved an opportunity to reflect on some of the technologies that have preceded this revolution. .
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VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME sATURDAy, MAy 11Th – sATURDAy, JUNE 8Th
cREATE schOOl ExhIBITION
DIGI TAlEs
Time children’s gAllery 10Am - 5.30pm mon - Fri, 10Am - 1pm sAT price Free Admission Bringing together past, present and future, this exhibition will feature work created by young people during a special series of CreateSchool workshops taking place in April of this year. Inspired by the memories and stories of older members of the community and curated / created by young participants, the work on display will utilise the latest digital technology to showcase how creative collaboration between the generations can produce interesting and sometimes unexpected results. Combining a mixture of digital media with interactive elements, the direction the exhibition takes will ultimately be decided by the participants themselves and the material they collect throughout the process. Come and join us at the Riverbank Children’s Gallery this May, to see where this innovative approach to storytelling leads us!
sATURDAy, MAy 11Th
ThE NEW TRIANGlE FEATURING NIWEl TsUMBU, ROGER DOylE & vyvIENNE lONG
Time price
8pm €15/12
‘Tsumbu takes his audience on a journey of discovery that traverses the peaks and troughs of life’s unpredictable terrain with startling precision’ - The Irish Times The New Triangle are a newly formed ensemble comprising dynamic Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, highly regarded composer and Aosdana member Roger Doyle and acclaimed singer/cellist Vyvienne Long. Following a very successful residency in Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, where their performances were rapturously received, The New Triangle embark on their very first nationwide tour. This unique ensemble marry classical, african, electro acoustic and folk traditions to thrilling effect demonstrating the rich collaborative potential of three very distinctive voices on the Irish music scene. As well as a rare opportunity to see Roger Doyle - one of Irelands finest composers of the last 40 years - performing live, this tour is a chance to experience virtuoso performers interpret and ‘cult loose’ on each others compositions. New work composed and arranged by the ensemble will also be performed.
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sUNDAy, MAy 12Th ThE BOlshOI BAllET lIvE IN hD pREsENT (lIvE TRANsMIssION)
ROMEO & JUlIET
Time 4 pm / 2 hrs 25 min (inc one inTervAl) price €20 / sTudenTs €10 / FAmily €50 Prokofiev’s great ballet based on Shakespeare’s timeless love story of two young lovers from feuding families is one of the most popular ballets in the world. In his new (2010) Bolshoi choreography, the character of Juliet has been developed by the great Yuri Grigorovitch from his personal memories of Natalia Bessmertnova – his first Juliet, and main inspiration. Music: Igor Stravinsky Cast *To be announced 3/4 weeks before the event*
MONDAy, MAy 13Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
BROKEN Time price
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Rufus Norris / 2012 / UK / 90 mins / Cert: 15A Starring: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Eloise Laurence, Zana Marjanovic, Robert Emms, Rory Kinnear Language: English Skunk is the quirky daughter of lawyer and single dad Archie (Tim Roth). From the window of her bedroom in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, she watches the dysfunctional families around her and tries to navigate her own more positive path towards adulthood. A debut feature from theatre director Rufus Norris, the film is beautifully shot, mixing a warm poetic sensibility with the drama of social realism. Newcomer Eloise Laurence is astonishing in the role of Skunk – a young girl finding equilibrium in a dark and violent world.
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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ThURsDAy, MAy 16Th RIvERBANK cINEMA spEcIAl scREENING
pIlGRIM hIll
cinema
Time price
SPECIAL SCREENING
8pm 18
Dir: Gerard Barrett / 2011 / Ireland / 80 mins / Cert: 12A Starring: Joe Mullins, Muiris Crowley, Corina Gough, Kevin McCormack Language: English Pilgrim Hill is a masterful debut feature of a 24 year old Gerard Butler. It tells the story of Jimmy Walshe, a middle-aged bachelor farmer living in rural Ireland. Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Jimmy has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of the crumbling family farm on the outskirts of a small town. He is limited, non-educated, isolated, yet through relentless determination gets through each day as best he can by keeping a smile on his face. Jimmy also cares for his ill, bed-ridden father as well as dealing with the daily routine of running the farm. Life has been tough on Jimmy over the years, coping with isolation and loneliness, but things are about to get worse, as life hits a very rough patch. Pilgrim Hill aims to shed light on the dark side of rural Ireland, where middle-aged men and women are living out their lives in isolation and loneliness. Winner – Gerard Barrett, I FB Rising Star, IFTA 2013 €3 Coffee & Cake Deal
FRIDAy, MAy 17Th
AIDAN BIshOp hOW yOU DOIN
Time 8pm price €12/€€10 Best known as resident MC of the International Comedy Club in Dublin for the past 10 years Aidan Bishop began his comedy career in his hometown of New York, however since relocating to Dublin he has become one of the top comics working today. Aidan has shared the stage with the very best of comedians such as John Bishop, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Bridges, Jimmy Carr, Des Bishop, Ardal O’Hanlon, Louis CK, Bill Burr & Steward Francis. In 2011 Aidan had a sold out run in the Edinburgh Fringe festival with his critically acclaimed solo show MISSPELLED. At the age of 28 Aidan was diagnosed with Dyslexia, which he wrote an hourlong show about. Writing a personal show about a serious topic isn’t easy but Aidan handled it with a skill not many comedians pose. With his new show HOW YOU DOIN, Aidan Bishop is one of the funniest acts you will see in 2013. ‘Aidan Bishop’s Fringe debut impresses with the New Yorker’s command of an audience.’ Jay Richardson, The Scotsman
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‘A bright future ahead no doubt … a solid presence well worth catching.’ The Irish Times
sATURDAy, MAy 18Th ThE WRITEEN scENE WORKshOp p
DO yOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? Time price
WITh BRENDA DRUMM & hElEN QUINN 10Am – 1pm 115
Do you write short stories or poetry? Have you always wanted to be a writer? Well come along and find out about the craft of writing on Saturday 18 May. The WriTeen Scene, a creative writing group for teenagers, will give you the tools you need to put a story together. Through a series of fun writing exercises, you will learn how to create a story, how to build the plot and how to create great characters. All participants will have a chance to have their writing recorded on the day.
sUNDAy, MAy 19Th
ThE METROpOlITAN OpERA lIvE IN hD pREsENTs (lIvE TRANsMIssION)
GIUlIO cEsARE
Time 5pm / 4 hrs 31 mins (inc 2 inTervAls) price €24/ sTudenT € 12/ FAmily €60 The opera that conquered London in Handel’s own time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively production. Leading countertenor David Daniels is Julius Ceasar opposite the remarkable French soprano Natalie Dessay as an irresistibly exotic Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts. Sung in Italian with English subtitles
‘Try out our Theatre’, bring in a coupon and receive a free ticket to see this performance (limited number of tickets) See page 6 for details
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cinema MONDAy, MAy 20Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
I WIsh Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda / 2011 / Japan / 127 mins / Cert: Club Starring: Koki Maeda, Oshiro Maeda, Kirin Kiki, Joe Odagiri Language: Japanese
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
One of the year’s best films has arrived quietly, unnoticed by the awards-season cheerleaders, but with its delicacy and complexity, it puts the Oscar-bait to shame and it has been more than worth the wait. ‘I wish’ is a deeply considered Japanese family drama – moving, sometimes heartbreakingly sad, often mysterious. The film is about the powerful imperative of family unity, but also about the inevitability, and even desirability, of families finally disintegrating and allowing everyone involved a painful kind of freedom.
WEDNEsDAy, MAy 22ND BEAlTAINE FEsTIvAl & RIvERBANK ARTs cENTRE pREsENT
BEAlTAINE FIlM TOUR 2013 Time price
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Bealtaine Festival celebrates creativity in older age. As part of this festival, each May, access>CINEMA will once again bring the Bealtaine Film Tour to venues nationally. Organised as part of Bealtaine Festival, the Bealtaine Film Tour 2013 will come to the Riverbank Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 22nd. The film will be annouched shortly. Please check our website for updates on the Bealtaine Film Tour 2013 programme or call box office on 045 448327
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May is the m onth for age & oppo rtu nity, consider invitin g granny and grand-dad to come to this wonderful play
FRIDAy, MAy 24Th: schOOl shOW sATURDAy, MAy 25Th: FAMIly shOW 2pM BRANAR pREsENT
cROí á MUscAIlT - AWAKENING A hEART Time mAy 24Th, school show: cAll box oFFice mAy 25Th, FAmily show: 2pm price 16 FAmily oF Four 120 “This is magic of a high order” – Irish Theatre Magazine Croí á Muscailt centres on the relationship between a young girl and her elderly grandmother. Grandad is not in his chair anymore. Granny packs away the memories of their life in suitcases. The girl unpacks them and breathes new life into them and explores the relationship between young and old. The show is an eloquent and moving piece of theatre that will appeal to family audiences. Exquisitely told with puppetry, music and a wonderful chair, with this magical story, Branar will take you on a beautifully heartwarming journey into the world of a girl and her Gran. ‘Croí á Muscailt has been in development since 2011, the story is inspired by an image from Oliver Jeffers ‘The Heart and the Bottle’.
For Kids
sATURDAy, MAy 25Th BRANAR pREsENTs
FAMIly pUppET WORKshOps Time price
workshop A: 12.15pm – 1.30pm in AdvAnce oF The show AT 2pm workshop b: 3.00pm – 4.15pm Following The show AT 2pm 110 including a workshop & show ticket.
Join us for a workshop on Saturday, as part of the Family Show. Branar and the children will investigate the world of puppet animation together. With specially designed puppets each child will have the chance to explore the skills of puppetry under the guidance of Branar’s artistic director Marc Mac Lochlainn. They will learn the basic skills needed to express a story through puppetry and without language. The workshop will be associated with the performance of “Chroí á Mhúscailt”..
For Kids
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cinema
MONDAy, MAy 27Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
lORE
Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Cate Shortland / 2012 / Germany / 109 mins / Cert: 15A Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Ursina Lardi, Nele Trebs Language: German
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
Cate Shortland (Somersault) offers a unique perspective on the nature of collusion with this story of a young German girl who, at the end of WWII, leads her siblings through a devastated and defeated nation. Shortland’s attention to detail and the beauty of the imagery she creates in her account of a national psyche brainwashed to believe in their own supremacy, only to confront the horror that resulted, is filled with brilliance and surprise in equal measure. The Australian director Cate Shortland has made quite a stunning film about the collapse of Nazi Germany, seen not from a Berlin bunker but through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl whose SS father and mother, complicit in war atrocities, have disappeared to face the music. Saskia Rosendahl plays the lead, an unsympathetic character yet fiercely and fallibly human to her fingertips. This is an outstanding piece of work. Winner – Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2012
WEDNEsDAy, MAy 29Th
TOM cREAN ANTARTIc ExplORER Time 8pm price €18/€16 “This magnificent revelation of a fascinating character simply compels a standing ovation” Gerry Colgan, The Irish Times Dublin Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley. Hear the riveting true stories of Crean’s Antarctic explorations as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive the three famous expeditions: Discovery, (1901 – 1904); Terra Nova (1910 – 1913); and Endurance (1914 - 1916). Crean’s story is a testament of human fortitude against all the elements of the Antarctic, his 36 mile, solitary trek to base camp during the Terra Nova expedition to rescue his comrades Teddy Evans and William Lashly has been described by Antarctic historians as “the finest feat of individual heroism from the entire age of exploration”. He was subsequently awarded the Albert Medal for his bravery. This multi-award winning show has now played critically acclaimed sell-out performances throughout Ireland, USA, Australia, Europe and the UK.
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FRIDAy, MAy 31sT
ThREE MEN TAlKING ABOUT ThINGs ThEy KINDA KNOW ABOUT
Time 8pm price €12
In an interwoven slam-poetry session, three of Ireland’s leading performance poets take you on an emotional journey about what it really means to be a man. Venturing where few men have gone before they talk life, love, family and feelings in a show about universal truths, the things that make us human and the things that mess us up. Three men, different histories, same shit. “…each of the men brings their own energy, tone and distinct poetic style to the composite structure…” **** The Irish Times Contains some strong language, suitable 15+
sATURDAy, JUNE 1sT
NIAll TONER pREsENTs
sONGs OF lOvE, DEATh, TRAGEDy, hUMOUR AND TRIBUTEs TO ThE MAsTERs. Time 8pm price €15 Niall Toner is Ireland’s best-known Bluegrass and Roots Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, and Band Leader, with three Award Winning CDs to his credit on the Avalon Records Label. His songs have been recorded by the Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Special Consensus, Albert Lee and Bill Wyman. [Rolling Stones] Niall’s instrumental, Nun’s Island Reel was included on the soundtrack of GTA IV, the best-selling Video game in history, and one of Niall’s songs, Lonely Souls and Broken Hearts was recently featured on the ABC TV Drama, Nashville, in the USA. Niall is also well-known for his weekly Radio Show, Roots Freeway, on RTE Radio One.. This band were Ranked Number 1 in the USA Air Play Direct Chart in 2011, this will be a gig not to be missed!
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FRIDAy, JUNE 7Th – sUNDAy, JUNE 9Th sTAGE AcADEMy NEWBRIDGE pREsENT
ThERE’s NO BUsINEss lIKE shOW BUsINEss Time 7.30 pm Fri & sAT / 2pm & 7pm sun price €10/€5 This show brings to close an unforgettable year for all the students & staff of Stage Academy. A year that began with the pupils performing for the launch of Newbrdige 200 Celebrations and went on to include over 100 students performing at the Olympia Theatre and the Board Gais Energy Theatre where they received 5 National Awards from Showbizkids Ireland and a standing ovation from an audience of 2000. February saw the student’s delight local audiences when they performed at Newbridge College and again in March as they took part in the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The senior pupils had the opportunity to visit the Pineapple Studios in London. The success of Stage Academy is a credit to its dedicated directors Brenda Malone & Paula Conlan who strive to help every student to be the best that they can be. ”There’s No Business Like Show Business” is a toe tapping hand clapping fun show for all the family to enjoy.
MONDAy, JUNE 10Th.
cinema
RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
ThE plAcE BEyOND ThE pINEs Time price
8pm 16
Dir: Derek Cianfrance / 2012 / USA / 140 mins / Cert: TBC Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Mahershala Ali, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Bruce Greenwood, Rose Byrne, Harris Yulin, Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen Language: English
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
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The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle rider Luke’s (Ryan Gosling) fateful decision to commit a crime to support his child. The incident renders him targeted by policeman Avery (Bradley Cooper), and the two men become locked on a tense collision course which will have a devastating impact on both of their families in the years following. This drama about morality, guilt and the long-range reverberations of the sins of the fathers, packs moments of searing power. While Gosling is essentially playing the two-wheel version of his Drive speed demon, the actor effectively conveys the pent-up hurt and lurking danger of a damaged man reaching clumsily for something good and pure.
ThURsDAy, JUNE 13Th & FRIDAy, JUNE 14Th TAlKING shOp ENsEMBlE AND shAUN DUNNE pREsENT
DEATh OF ThE TRADEsMEN Time 8pm price €15/€12 His name is Willy. He is a 54 year old tradesman. He has a bad back and a short fuse. He likes a pint of black and he tends to lose more than he wins when it comes to gambling. He is 54. His hands are sore. They are calloused and dry and he is sick of standing. In a country full of vacant spaces, empty places and ghost estatesDeath of the Tradesmen is a new play about an army of men and the live register. Death of the Tradesmen was developed as part of the TITLE Residency at Solstice and the Cork Midsummer Festival. Made with Rough Magic Production Support and kindly supported by the Arts Council. ‘For all its tenderness and humour, some will find a home crumbling under the pressure of unemployment and recession tough to bear. But, restaged as winner of The Lir’s Revival Award, it’s a show we need to talk about.’ Irish Times Winners of The Lir Revival Award and the Fishamble New Writing Award ABSOLUT Fringe 2012
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sATURDAy, 15Th JUNE
MAKE-A-MIcROphONE WORKshOp WITh JONAThAN NANGlE Time 11-12.30pm price €15 Technology has become part of our everyday lives, from mobile phones, to computers, games consoles and TVs. But have you ever wondered what all that technology sounds like beneath the surface? In this workshop, art and science combine as composer Jonathan Nangle will show participants how to build their own microphones, letting you eavesdrop on the usually unheard sonic world to be found buzzing away in the technology all around us. Having discovered this hidden soundscape, you will then learn how these same components can be re-configured to make a speaker to play back what you have heard. A unique opportunity for young tech-fans to try their hands at something completely different, and take home a new self-made gizmo after the session.
VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME sATURDAy, JUNE 22ND – sATURDAy, JUly 27Th
JONAThAN NANGlE’s sONG scUlpTUREs Time children’s gAllery 10Am - 5.30pm mon - Fri, 10Am - 1pm sAT price Free Admission Jonathan Nangle is a composer whose work explores many diverse fields. Here, the Riverbank children’s gallery will present three of Jonathan’s interactive Song Sculptures: Trip the Light Fantastic, Environmental Paving and a brand new piece created as part of the New Music Dublin Festival ‘Creative Labs’ series this March. These ingenious machines use a range of high and low-tech approaches to create music as if by magic, whether it’s drawing energy from natural light or the movements of visitors in the space. Those interested in finding out more are welcome to attend a free ‘meet the artist’ session to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, at 2pm on Saturday 22nd June. Young techno-wizards will also have opportunity to make their very own sound-gizmos with Jonathan in a very special workshop on Saturday 15th June (see details above)..
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sATURDAy, JUNE 15Th chRIs KAvANAGh AND ThE pATRIOTs pREsENT
lEGEND OF lUKE KElly Time 8pm price €18 Chris Kavanagh and The Patriots have been selling out venues across Ireland now for the past 12 years since they began in Dublin’s Hot Press HQ in 2001. Chris bears a remarkable resemblance to the late, great, Luke Kelly, both vocally and visually. Luke was and probably always will be the greatest folk singer to come out of Ireland and arguably the greatest folk singer of all time, anywhere. Chris and the band have recaptured that sound and brought it back to new generations, that is why the band the show is so successful. Described by many as the best folk band in Ireland right now, it is no wonder that they have been sought after all over the country and abroad.
MONDAy, JUNE 17Th RIvERBANK cINEMA pREsENTs
GOOD vIBRATIONs
Time price
cinema
8pm 16
Dir: Lisa Barros D’Sa & Glenn Leyburn / 2012 / Ireland / 97 mins / Cert: TBC Starring: Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Dylan Moran, Liam Cunningham, Kerr Logan Language: English Based on the biography of Northern Ireland record shop and label owner Terri Hooley, Good Vibrations is a fun and energetic movie thanks to a witty script, assured direction and a terrific central performance from Richard Dormer. Belfast, mid-seventies, and though the last thing you would advise someone to do is open a record shop on Great Victoria Street, that’s what former reggae lover Terri Hooley (Dormer) does when he discovers punk. Terri goes about flogging punk records to the kids and, when approached by local bands, starts the record label Good Vibrations, signing the likes of Rudi, The Outcasts and The Undertones. Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast when the bloody conflict known as the Troubles shuts down his city. Galvanising the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an Alternative Ulster, to bring his city back to life. You don’t have to be steeped in the Northern Ireland punk scene to enjoy Good Vibrations so don’t let that put you off enjoying what is a fun and rewarding experience.
€3 Coffee & Cake Deal
Winner – Best Irish Feature, Galway Film Fleadh, 2012
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sATURDAy, JUNE 22ND RIvERBANK FAMIly cINEMA
WAll-E time price
2pm 13
Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the boredom of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humankind. WALL -E is inarguably Pixar’s greatest visual achievement, creating a fantasy space opera canvas combined with intricate character work. You leave WALL-E with a feeling of the rarest kind: that you’ve just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic.
For Kids sATURDAy, JUNE 22ND
ANDREW MAxWEll Time 8pm price €20 Andrew Maxwell continues to dominate the live and festival circuits. Notable appearances have included several sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival, The Amnesty / Channel Four Secret Policeman’s Ball, HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las Vegas (alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), several sell-out runs in the main house of The Soho Theatre, Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, Glastonbury and the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. Andrew’s TV appearances include ‘One Night Stand’, ‘Wall of Fame’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Have I got News for You?’, ‘Argumental’, ‘Celebrity Juice’ and ‘Mock the Week’. Andrew also appeared in Sky Atlantic’s new comedy series Don’t Sit in the Front Row and Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia.
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MONDAy, JUNE 24Th
WRITTEN By cOlIN MURphy
Time 8pm price €10 On the night of September 29, 2008, the Taoiseach and Minister for Finance decided to guarantee Ireland’s banks – to the tune of 440 billion. Guaranteed! tells the story of that night, and how they got there. Written by journalist and documentary-maker Colin Murphy, and based on official documents and off-the-record interviews, Guaranteed! reconstructs Ireland’s banking boom and bust – as it was seen from inside the corridors of power. An ensemble of actors plays a myriad of ministers, bankers and bureaucrats as they wrestle with the unfolding crisis. You will come away informed, enraged and perhaps a little heart-broken. We have stripped back our assets for a recession-friendly, barebones presentation where we will hold on to our scripts, while you can hold on to your wallets. A documentary play about the bank guarantee. Please note there will be a post-show discussion with Colin Murphy.
TUEsDAy, JUNE 25Th
hOT FOR ThEATRE pREsENTs
By AMy cONROy
Time 8pm price €18/ €16 ‘an impeccably executed piece of documentary theatre’ – The Irish Times. Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally. Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a show…reluctantly. Defying stereotype, they’re here to share with you something they’ve never dared to before. A fresh, human and hilarious piece from this defiant new company HotForTheatre, I ♥ Alice I explores the monumental journey of a most unlikely couple. Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to present this funny and fresh piece of documentary theatre written and directed by Amy Conroy. Amy’s play has received wide acclaim receiving two ABSOLUT Fringe awards in 2010, the Fishamble New Writing Award and Best Female Performer for Clare Barrett. This stirring piece of documentary theatre is an unflinching and acutely personal love story, and it’s not to be missed!
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ThURsDAy, JUNE 27Th
AN AUDIENcE WITh TRAcy pIGGOTT & hER lEGENDARy FAThER lEsTER pIGGOTT
pROcEEDs TO ThE INJURED JOcKEys FUND Time 8pm price €15
To celebrate the 148th running of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby taking place at the Curragh on Saturday 29th June, join us for an intimate evening with legendary jockey Lester Piggott when he takes a fascinating look back at his five Irish Derby winners including the great Shergar in 1981. The record breaking jockey will be interviewed by his daughter Tracy Piggott. Piggott won Ireland’s greatest race five times -The Minstrel (1977) Meadow Court (1965), Ribocco (1967), Ribero (1968) and the great Shergar (1981).
FRIDAy, JUNE 28Th
DUKE spEcIAl Time 8pm price €20 Duke Special is an artist aptly named. Dynamic, musically ambitious & bracingly eccentric, with his inimitable style and lush musicality. Hailing from Belfast with a sound that is self-confessed “hobo-chic”, Duke Special - AKA the endlessly inventive Peter Wilson - is once heard, never forgotten. Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism, Duke Special inhabits a world unlike any other - a world filled with vaudeville-esque sensibility, sing-a-longs and addictive melodies . “ …his live shows are simply astonishing” London Lite
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sUNDAy, JUNE 23RD
ThIs Is WhO WE ARE
lAUNch
Time 8pm price F5 This is Who We Are is a partnership youth theatre project between Kildare County Council Arts Service and Crooked House Theatre Company. It is organized as part of the cultural programme run during Ireland’s presidency of the EU and is supported by The Arts Council The project is an exchange, involving 12 Norwegians and 12 French young people working with 20 Irish young people for a week. The exchange will explore issues of self image and youth identity; raise awareness of factors that have an impact on youth identity and self image and suggest actions the young people could do that would develop their ability to shape their own identities comfortably, and in a stress free way, leading to positive mental health. The launch will showcase three short performances prepared by the young people in their home countries and brought to Ireland for the exchange. Artists and participants will come from Crooked House and their European partners, Rogaland Teater (Norway), and Le Grand Bleu (France) sATURDAy, JUNE 29Th. cROOKED ThEATRE pREsENTs
ThIs Is WhO WE ARE Time 7pm price Free (booking is essenTiAl)
A performance created over 5 days with 40 young people from Norway, Ireland and France, and directed by theatre artists from Rogaland Teater (Norway), Le Grand Bleu (France) and Crooked House). This is the culmination of a project organised by Crooked House in partnership with Kildare County Council Arts Service, and supported by the Arts Council / Irish Presidency of the EU.
A note about CaToCa at Riverbank Arts Centre
CaToCa is the new name of the café at Riverbank Arts Centre. It serves a wide selection of food for breakfast meetings, lunches or a pre theatre bite. The name has been inspired by owner, Liz’s, children. This personal touch is reflected in her work to bring you some of the best cakes, deserts and treats that the café has to offer. If you’re coming to an event at Riverbank Arts Centre, why not book early and try out our pretheatre bites with a glass of wine or for Monday Night Movies you can grab a coffee and cake before the screening for just €3
CaToCa do birthday parties too with their own clown ‘Robin’, its fun for all at Riverbank. Combined with a trip to see a show, it’s the perfect party treat. Why not visit our website www.catocafinefood.com or call to book a table 045 486791.
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Riverbank Arts Centre Address: Main Street, Newbridge, Co.Kildare Phone: (045) 448330 Email: info@riverbank.ie Web: www.riverbank.ie Box Office Email: boxoffice@riverbank.ie Phone: (045) 448327 Book online www.riverbank.ie Free wifi available in the foyer and CatoCa Cafe
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